Scientists have long been sounding the alarm about decreasing greenhouse gases. Coral reefs now face extinction due to a lack ...

The ocean is massive and covers most of the surface of our planet. In addition to its size, it’s packed with life, ranging from an astounding diversity of plants, microbes, worms, corals and crabs to ...

In a grim study, a team of nearly 50 researchers concludes that extreme ocean heat killed off two crucial coral species that ...

Fossils discovered in a 548-million-year-old reef in Namibia reveal how the oldest known animals to have hard shells were building reefs nearly 10 million years earlier than we thought. The rest of ...

Animal reef-building evolved millions of years earlier than previously thought, researchers report today in Science. Scientists have discovered fossils indicating that animal, or metazoan, reefs date ...

Research published today in Nature describes upheaval among fish and invertebrate communities after a marine heatwave hit Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea in early 2016. The IMAS-led study ...

Get up close to animal at the Newport Aquarium's newest exhibit this weekend, a walk-through Coral Reef Tunnel.The 60,000-gallon walk-through exhibit lets you get an up-close view of the animals ...

O ff the coast of Papua New Guinea, a "dwarf"-like sea creature with spotted eyes swam around a reef. It darted into a nearby coral as a shadowy figure approached, but its hiding spot wasn't quite ...

“People can’t get enough food in one day,” said Marcel Sebastian, an elderly fisherman I met in the village. He’s been ...